Craig Agee

'the photographers guide to light' by nigel hicks is one of my favorites,also all of the ansel adams books even though they are a bit outdated still full of great information. the camera,negative,print ansel adams books were the first i read about photography and they are important if you care to shoot and develope your own b&w and learn about the zone system other than that kinda useless.

yeah like they said...cleaning marks usually wont affect a photo but just to be absolutely sure stop down to f16 and f22 and check your negatives with a loupe...really examine them (youll have to because even if it does affect the picture it wont be enough to even notice) shooting wide open wont do much....marks usually show up best stopped down.

i smoke and drink,i also bet on horses does that make me worse than someone who doesnt?

someone in a chat was going on and on the other day about how film will be gone in 15 years.im constantly running into people trying to justify digital cameras,i love them but they are WAY out of my price range right now.i shoot 120 in 645 format.who says digital is easier?i bought a d70 two years ago,had to learn quick about ICC profiles for printers,color spaces,extensive editing i couldnt even come CLOSE to some of my favorite film stocks,provia 100f,e100vs and velvia,you have to be border line brilliant to get decent results with digital in my opinion.easy to me is knowing what film stocks will do what and loading it and shooting,i sold my d70 a few months ago because it was a cheap plastic paper weight that cost twice as much as my 645.i hope more and more photographers do go digital though because it makes my portfolio look amazing :P

good luck john,consider yourself lucky to discover a very treatable cancer in its early stage,look forward to seeing you back. Craig

thats probably the best k3 footage ive seen...looks great,curious what kinda matte box that is in the photo's

that is kinda a ripoff of the thirty three video...i think yelena did a better job.

ok is anyone aware that there have only been 17 recorded deaths from stingrays in history,this was a freak accident...steve irwin was a respectable guy and an animal lover and expert...he was not a timothy treadwell ignorant pseudo expert.i really dont care if he had it coming or brought it on himself.there are children who dont have a father now and that is sad...ive heard people laughing and mocking him and i think that is sick,one of these days one of you gaffers or electricians are gonna get a fatal volt of electricity and people might say 'well he was working with dangerous amounts of voltage he had it coming' expert or not accidents happen and when anyone dies it is tragic and sad.

photography and also alot of reading,gunsmithing and shooting,playing music

i watch cold case...lemme know when it is going to air and ill check it out

im curious if my name is acceptable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhMySYde5Ag what this film cross processed? (probably a good idea to mute it :P )

ive heard alot of films use cross processing,can anyone tell me what films specifically have used this technique and wether it was c-41 in e6 chemistry or e6 in c-41.also i heard when you plan to cross process your film you should rate it a bit slower and overexpose it,how much overexposure gives good results as i know from still photography overexposure + cross processing can cause very high contrast and unpredictable results. Craig

im partial to the film 'how the west was fun' starring the olsen twins

thats a great photo....nikkor lenses are among the best and there is no shortage....tim burtons corpse bride was shot entirely with nikkor glass. (i dont work for nikon) just love em :P